OFFICIAL STAR TREK LAS VEGAS CONVENTION 2007

LAS VEGAS, NV
Thursday - Sunday
August 9 - 12, 2007
Las Vegas Hilton Hotel
Home of Star Trek: The Experience
3000 Paradise Rd.

July 31 - This schedule is tentative and subject to change. We're doing our best to post accurate information! Activities will be finalized at the event.

An Overall View of the Convention Activities:

- Vendors Exhibit Area: The DeForest Kelley Marketplace:
is in The Conrad Room

- Main Auditorium Gene Roddenberry Theatre:
is in The Barron Room

- Secondary Program Track: The James Doohan Theatre:
is in Pavilions 9-11

- Creation’s famous Photo Opportunity Area:
Takes place in the rear of the Exhibit Room (Conrad Ballroom). Photo Op tickets can be purchased there. PHOTO OPS that were ordered prior to the convention were e-mailed to patrons. If you did not receive them we have a list at the PHOTO OP area and will check you off there. All other questions on photo ops can also be answered in this area as well (and not at registration). Please arrive 5 minutes prior to photo op times, lines move quickly so we always suggest taking your photo ops first and then going back to other activities like autographs (unless noted). The vast majority of photo ops will be available for pick-up during the convention. A flyer will be given out to all those taking photo ops which will describe when and where photos can be picked up. Some, taken Sunday afternoon, will be mailed.

- Autographing takes place, for the most part, in the Main Auditorium. (Conrad Ballroom) Other instances are described within the schedule.

AUTOGRAPH TICKETS
are available for sale at the booth to the front far right of the Exhibit Hall.
A LIST OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE and PRICING is LOCATED ON A SEPARATE PAGE WITHIN THE BOOKLET

MAKE SURE TO VISIT OUR FAMOUS CREATION ENTERTAINMENT
“AUTOGRAPH SIGNERS ROOM”

 

Wednesday, August 8th

5pm to 9 pm: Pre-Registration for all full convention package attendees. Not a necessity for attendees, but a convenience and great fun. Get set with your credentials, pick up your schedules, and get first crack at souvenirs. (In front of the Conrad Room/Hilton Center)

9:30 pm to Midnight: “Chocolate on the Edge of Forever” Welcoming Party featuring TIM RUSS in performance (separate ticket required, event not included in any packages: SOLD OUT, thanks!) Ballroom C (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center)

 

Thursday, August 9th

9:10 am to 7pm: Convention Hours (Note early open)
9:10 AM: REGISTRATION and VENDORS ROOM OPENS

EVENTS IN THE GENE RODDENBERRY THEATRE
(Barron Room Hilton Center)

9:45 am Music Video Opening

10 am Life with Star Trek: we open our program with a bang: 3 sensational ladies who created memorable characters during their time on Star Trek. Scarlett Pomers Naomi Wildman/Voyager, Suzie Plakson K’Ehleyr/ST:TNG, Female Q/Voyager, Tarah/Enterprise & and Patty Yasutake Nurse Alyssa Ogawa/ST:TNG

10:40 am AUTOGRAPHS with Patty Yasutake (on the left side of the theatre) for those with her autograph ticket available at our autograph booth to the far right as you enter the vendors exhibit hall and AUTOGRAPHS with Suzie Plakson (on the right side of the theatre) complimentary for our GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS and then followed by those with autograph tickets available at our autograph booth to the far right as you enter the vendors exhibit hall. STAY IN YOUR SEATS and watch our video monitors for instructions.

10:45 am MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE to STAR TREK: VOYAGER

10:50 am Tim Russ Tuvok/Star Trek Voyager

11:20 am Bob Justman Original Series Associate & Co-Producer/ST:TNG Consulting Producer

12pm Autographs with Tim and Bob Justman for those with either or both of their autograph tickets (available in the vendors room to your far right). Hand the appropriate ticket to the attendant by the celebrity please. Stay in your seats, we will call by number.

12:15 pm Eugene Roddenberry Gene Roddenberry’s son & a creative force in his own right

12:55 pm Dwight Schultz Lt. Reginald “Reg” Barclay

1:35 pm Louise Fletcher Kai Winn/ST:DS9

2:10 pm Autographs with Dwight Schultz and Louise Fletcher for those with autograph tickets (available in the vendors room to your far right) for either or both.

2:40 pm Catherine Hicks Star Trek IV’s Dr. Gillian Taylor, star of 7th Heaven

3:20 pm Music Video Salute to Geordi LaForge

3:25 pm LeVar Burton Geordi LaForge

4:10 pm Music Video Salute to The Star Trek Doctors

4:15 pm Gates McFadden Dr. Beverly Crusher

5:00 pm Autographs with LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden and Catherine Hicks for those with autograph tickets (available in the vendors room to your far right) for either or all. LeVar & Gates will be on the right of the stage, Catherine on the left. Stay in your seats, we will call by number. If you have a BORG BINGO ticket please have that out to show and you may go first on either or both lines so you can make the start of that event. If you have a LOUISE FLETCHER or EUGENE RODDENBERRY photo op take care of that first then come back for your autograph(s). Thanks!

6:00 pm-7:15 pm RESISTANCE TO BINGO IS FUTILE CHAMPAGNE HAPPY HOUR featuring tenttive guest callers SCARLETT POMERS and MALACHI THRONE. (separate ticket required, sold out) Ballroom D-E (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center)

 

Thursday in The JAMES DOOHAN THEATRE: SECONDARY PROGRAM ROOM Pavilion 9-11 (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center)

12:10 pm: Malachi Throne Commodore Jose Mendez in classic Star Trek episodes The Menagerie 1 & 2, Senator Pardek/ST:TNG’s Unification parts 1 & 2, and countless other TV roles including BATMAN, PROJECT UFO, KOJAK, SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, BIONIC WOMAN, LAND OF THE GIANTS, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, IT TAKES A THIEF, THE TIME TUNNEL, LOST IN SPACE, I SPY, THE OUTER LIMITS and many more. A true veteran of show business! Interviewed by DOUGLAS MURRAY.

12:45 pm: Autographs with Malachi Throne for those with his autograph ticket (available in the vendors room to your far right)

1:50 pm STAR TREK NO MINIMUM BID AUCTION: The smart collectors are sure to be in the audience as there are tons of bargains to be had here!

2:30 pm STAR TREK BLOOPER REELS

5:00 pm RICHARD ARNOLD TOP MOMENTS IN STAR TREK HISTORY: The world’s leading authority on Star Trek, and Gene Roddenberry’s right hand man for 15 years, selects his all-time most important Trek moments from the original series and Next Gen. Do they match yours?

6:45 pm: Wil Wheaton Wesley Crusher/ST:TNG & noted celebrity blogger and author. Check out www.wilwheaton.net

7:45 pm: Autographs with Wil Wheaton for those with his autograph ticket (available in the vendors room to your far right)

 

THURSDAY: Keiko’s Corner! A Totally Free Trekker Kids Club Located in our VENDORS ROOM (PARENTS must attend too though)!
Join us for fun and activities with a Star Trek theme! Kids aged 3 to 13 are invited! Activities include making your own padd, a coloring contest, a treasure hunt, face painting, and much, much more! Please see below for a complete schedule of events!
Parents: Please plan to stay with your children at all times. Thank you!
Keiko’s Corner Events!
11:15 AM: Make your own transporter scene!
12:15 PM: Face Painting! Become a Trill, a Bolian, or design your own!

 

Thursday Night: (8 pm-midnight) GOLD PATRON Dinner Party
at STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE (RIDE THE RIDES AS OFTEN AS YOU’D LIKE!) This event is now sold out. It is open on a complimentary basis to our GOLD WEEKEND PATRONS showing their lanyard & wristband upon entrance and to those that bought a separate ticket). Featuring tentative performances from GEORGE TAKEI, WALTER KOENIG, & NICHELLE NICHOLS. Celebrities including DWIGHT SCHULTZ, CATHERINE HICKS & SCARLETT POMERS are scheduled to drop by to mingle as well.

 

THURSDAY PHOTO OPS
PHOTO OPS take place in the right rear section of The Vendors Room and PHOTO OP tickets can be purchased there.

PHOTO OP NOTES: Thank you for participating in Creation’s famous PHOTO OPS by photographer Christopher Schmelke. It is not necessary to show up way early for these, they move very fast. Please be on time though or you might miss your opportunity. Try not to wear white and please remove your lanyard so your pic comes out great! SMILE and Have Fun! Information on retrieving your photos is available on a hand-out at the photo op area. ALL PHOTO OP QUESTIONS should be directed to the PHOTO OP attendants and management, not the general admissions area please.

THURSDAY PHOTO OPS SCHEDULE
9:25 am PATTI YASUTAKE Nurse Alyssa Ogawa in Star Trek: The Next Generation $35
9:40 am SCARLETT POMERS Naomi WIldman in Voyager $35
11:40 am DWIGHT SCHULTZ Lt. Reginald ‘Reg’ Barclay: $40
12:10 pm LeVAR BURTON and DWIGHT SCHULTZ
Barclay and LaForge created magic on screen, now you’ll share a photo with both! $99
12:35 pm LeVAR BURTON Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in STAR TREK: The Next Generation $60 Limited availability
1:25 pm MALACHI THRONE Commodore Jose Mendez in the original Star Trek episodes “The Menagerie” Part 1 & 2, Senator Pardek in the Next Generation “Unification” parts 1 & 2 $35
1:40 pm TIM RUSS Tuvok on Voyager: $40
3:05 pm SUZIE PLAKSON
4:00 pm CATHERINE HICKS Dr. Gillian Taylor in the great Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home $45
5:05 EUGENE RODDENBERRY: $35
5:15 pm LOUISE FLETCHER Kai Winn in STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine $45 Get your photo with an Oscar Winner! Limited availability
7:20 pm GATES McFADDEN Dr. Beverly Crusher in Next Generation $55

 

Friday, August 10th

8am FRIDAY’S BEAM UP BREAKFAST CELEBRITY BASH: Get your day off to a celebrity laden start with this breakfast tentatively starring LOUISE FLETCHER (Academy Award Winner!) DOMINIC KEATING (Lt. Reed of Enterprise) and PATTY YASUTAKE. Separate Ticket Required, sold out THANKS. In Benihana’s Restaurant in The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.

10am to 7pm: Convention Hours
10 AM: REGISTRATION and VENDORS ROOM OPENS

FRIDAY EVENTS IN THE GENE RODDENBERRY THEATRE
(Barron Room Hilton Center)

10:30 am MUSIC VIDEO OPEN, Salute to the original cast

10:35 am George Takei Sulu/Classic Star Trek

11:15 am Walter Koenig Chekov/Classic Star Trek

11:55 am MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE, A WINNER IN OUR FAN CONTEST
Noon: LIFE WITH STAR TREK: featuring three great performers Gary Graham Tanis/Voyager & Vulcan Ambassador Soval/Enterprise Chase Masterson Leeta/ST:DS9 and Vaughn Armstrong Capt. Korris/ST:TNG, Sesal, Gul Danar/ST:DS9, Alpha-Hirogen, Korath, Lansor, Telek R’Mor, Two of Nine, Vidiian Captain/Voyager and Admiral Maxwell Forrest/Enterprise!

Noon: CLASSIC STAR TREK LUNCHEON (separate ticket required, sold out, THANKS) Beam up to a great meal with GEORGE TAKEI, WALTER KOENIG and NICHELLE NICHOLS This event takes place in BENIHANA’S RESTAURANT in THE HILTON.

1:15 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Gary Graham, Chase Masterson and Vaughn Armstrong for those that have autograph tickets (we will call by number) for any one or more of these celebrities. Hand the correct ticket to the attendant sitting with the celebrity you have a ticket for. Please be seated until your ticket number(s) are called. If you have a WALTER KOENIG photo op as well as an autograph ticket for any of these celebrities we’ll take you first.

1:35 pm MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE

1:40 pm Nichelle Nichols Lt. Uhura/Classic Star Trek

2:20 pm AUTOGRAPHS with George Takei on the right side of our theatre for those with his autograph ticket, which we will call by number. AND AUTOGRAPHS with Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols on the left side of our theatre for those with either or both autograph tickets, which we will also call by number.

2:40 pm BORG WAR trailer: see a preview of tonight’s exclusive free screening scheduled for 6:20pm in Pavillion 9-11

2:50 pm STAR TREK: THE OFFICIAL PANEL Our friends from the studio are here with the official update on the state of the Star Trek Universe. Learn about all the exciting projects under way!

3:40 pm DC Fontana Writer/10 episodes/Classic Star Trek, 1 episode/The Animated Trek, 6 episodes of ST:TNG, 1 episode ST:DS9 and also Associate Producer on 13 episodes of ST:TNG

4:20 pm MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE TO ENTERPRISE

4:25 pm Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer Lt. Malcom Reed & Cmdr. Tucker/Enterprise

5:05 pm Terry Farrell Jadzia Dax/ST:DS9

5:45 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Terry Farrell and Dominic Keating on the left side of the theatre, complimentary for GOLD PATRONS (which we will call row by row) and then followed by anyone who has an autograph ticket for either or both celebrities and AUTOGRAPHS with CONNOR TRINNEER for those with his autograph ticket on the right side of the theatre. Please stay seated, we will call your number on the ticket.

6:30 pm Mike and Denise Okuda The amazing designers behind much of the look of the Star Trek franchise

 

FRIDAY’S Keiko’s Corner! A Totally Free Trekker Kids Club Located in our
VENDORS ROOM
(PARENTS must attend too though)! Join us for fun and activities with a Star Trek theme! Kids aged 3 to 13 are invited! Activities include making your own padd, a coloring contest, a treasure hunt, face painting, and much, much more! Please see below for a complete schedule of events! Parents: Please plan to stay with your children at all times. Thank you!
Keiko’s Corner Events
10:30 AM: Tribbles invade! Make your own tribble picture!
11:30 AM: Scotty’s engineering challenge: Show your ingenuity! Vulcan staring contests: Laughter is a human emotion!

 

FRIDAY in The JAMES DOOHAN THEATRE: SECONDARY PROGRAM
Pavilion 9-11 (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center)

11:30 am DR. ANGELIE TANNER “STRANGE NEW WORLDS: NASA’S SEARCH FOR VULCAN AND OTHER TREK PLANETS” Dr. Angelle Tanner is an astronomer working on NASA’s SIM PlanetQuest mission, which will look for planets like the Earth around stars like the sun. She is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology and attended both the University of Arizona and UCLA. She has been interested in finding habitable planets outside our solar system since she was quite young. Tanner will discuss the potential of the SIM PlanetQuest spacecraft to detect habitable planets around 40 Eridani A, identified by Gene Roddenberry as the Vulcan star, as well as other well-known star systems in the “Star Trek” universe.

12:45 pm RONALD B. MOORE Visual Effects Supervisor ST:TNG, Voyager, Enterprise & Generations.

1:45 pm STAR TREK MUSIC VIDEO MIX: A collection of cool music videos honoring Star Trek

2:05 pm STAGE RESET FOR AUCTON

2:30 pm NO MIMIMUM BID STAR TREK & SCI FI COLLECTIBLE AUCTION: The smart money is on hand here to pick up cool merchandise items at hot prices!

3:30 pm Collecting Star Trek Props and Costumes - With the Christie’s auction leading the way, collecting real screen-used props and costumes from Star Trek is now something any fan can do. Find out from the experts how to buy, collect and preserve genuine Star Trek screen-used props and costumes and see what is available for any budget! HOSTED BY ALEC PETERS.

5:00 pm REMEMBERING DeFOREST KELLEY: we present some vintage video of De appearing at on eof our past conventions

6:00 pm VINTAGE CLIPS of rare GENE RODDENBERRY interview

6:20 pm (90 minute show) FREE SCREENING for ALL ATTENDEES (first come first serve in terms of seating). BORG WAR is an award-nominated feature-length movie set in the Star Trek Universe. The amateur filmmaker Geoffrey James created BORG WAR through a technique called machinima, which reprograms computer games to generate raw footage. The resulting footage was then heavily edited to create the finished film. Draft versions of BORG WAR have generated over a million Internet downloads. Tonight’s theatrical debut will feature an improved “cinematic” version with additional scenes and special effects.

 

Friday Night (8 pm to Midnight) CAPTAIN’S CHAIR Dinner Party
At STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE. Open to CAPTAIN’S CHAIR PATRONS on a complimentary basis and to some others that bought separate dinner party tickets, NOW COMPLETELY SOLD OUT (THANKS!). Featuring performances by MARC ALAIMO, CASEY BIGGS, CHASE MASTERSON and VAUGHN ARMSTRONG and celebrity appearances by CONNOR TRINNEER and VAUGHN ARMSTRONG (mingling with the crowd).

 

FRIDAY PHOTO OPS
PHOTO OPS take place in the right rear section of The Vendors Room and PHOTO OP tickets can be purchased there.

PHOTO OP NOTES: Thank you for participating in Creation’s famous PHOTO OPS by photographer Christopher Schmelke. It is not necessary to show up way early for these, they move very fast. Please be on time though or you might miss your opportunity. Try not to wear white and please remove your lanyard so your pic comes out great! SMILE and Have Fun! Information on retrieving your photos is available on a hand-out at the photo op area. ALL PHOTO OP QUESTIONS should be directed to the PHOTO OP attendants and management, not the general admissions area please.

FRIDAY PHOTO OPS SCHEDULE
10:05 am GEORGE TAKEI Sulu in the original Star Trek $40
10:50 am VAUGHN ARMSTRONG Admiral Maxwell Forrest/Enterprise. $35
11:20 am CHASE MASTERSON Leeta in Deep Space Nine: $35
11:40 am GARY GRAHAM Tanis in Star Trek Voyager, Vulcan Ambassador Soval in Enterprise $40
1:25 pm WALTER KOENIG Commander Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek $40
1:50 pm TERRY FARRELL Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax in STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine $55 Limited Availability
3:15 pm THE ENTERPRISE CAST CONNOR TRINNEER and DOMINIC KEATING $89
3:35 pm CONNOR TRINNEER Cmdr. Charles ‘Trip’ Tucker in Enterprise $40
4:20 pm WALTER, NICHELLE & GEORGE The three icons of classic Trek that have given us forty magical years of memories. Join them in a photo: $75
4:50 pm NICHELLE NICHOLS Lt. Uhura in the original Star Trek $40
5:10 pm DOMINIC KEATING Lt. Malcolm Reed in Enterprise. He is also currently starring in Species IV $35

 

Saturday, August 11th

8 am BEAM UP BREAKFAST CELEBRITY BASH SALUTING DS9 with tentatively celebrity attendees PENNY JOHNSON JERALD, CIRROC LOFTON and MARC ALAIMO. Separate Ticket Required, sold out THANKS. In Benihana’s Restaurant in The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.

9:00 am to 8pm: Convention Hours/Vendors Room Open
9:00 am REGISTRATION and VENDORS ROOM OPENS

SATURDAY EVENTS IN THE GENE RODDENBERRY THEATRE
(Barron Room Hilton Center)

9:20 am Nana Visitor Major Kira/ST:DS9 and Rene Auberjonois Odo/ST:DS9

10:00 am Autographs with Nana and Rene for those with either or both autograph tickets, which we will call by number. Please remain seated. If you have a photo op with Andrew Robinson or Jonathan Frakes we’ll take you first, please have your photo op ticket out for review. Thanks!

10:05 am Kristine M. Smith - A former Warner Bros. executive secretary who was mentored by DeForest Kelley for over 30 years. Her book is called DeFOREST KELLEY: A HARVEST OF MEMORIES, My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor

10:45 am The Cardassians of DS:9 with Marc Alaimo Gul Dukat/ST:DS9, Casey Biggs Cardassian Damar/ST:DS9 and Andrew Robinson Garak/ST:DS9

11:20 PM MUSIC VIDEO MIX

11:30am: Don’t miss the big STAR TREK AUCTION in Pavilion 9-11 NOW!

11:40 am David Reddick: the talented artist best known for his comic strip THE TREK LIFE as seen on startrek.com

12pm DEEP SPACE NINE LUNCHEON: Two all-time favorites attend: NANA VISITOR and RENE AUBERJONOIS. Separate Ticket required, sold out THANKS! In BENIHANA’S RESTAURANT in The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel

12:10 pm Brannon Braga: Executive Producer of VOYAGER & ENTERPRISE and one of the guiding forces behind the success of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.

12:50 pm Star Trek writer-editor and consultant Larry Nemecek, author of the official TNG Companion, “cleans out the closet” of odd and humorous tales and his own rarely seen TNG photos from behind-the-scenes as the celebration of the 20th Anniversary continues!

1:15 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Casey Biggs (on the left side of the theatre) for those with autograph tickets (get this first before the others if you have both)

1:20 pm Star Trek, The Original Series—Boldly Going Into the 21st Century – Star Trek heads into the future at warp speed as every episode of the legendary first season debuts fully remastered and with all-new digitally enhanced visual effects on a dual sided HD DVD/DVD combo disc set that is compatible on standard DVD players as well as HD DVD players. Join panelists Rod Roddenberry, Billy Blackburn (“Star Trek, The Original Series” extra-extraordinaire), Ryan D. Adams and David S. Grant (CBS HD Mastering Dept) and Jason Hillhouse (New Wave) in a discussion of how the classic series is embarking on a journey into home entertainment’s new frontier.

2:00 pm Jonathan Frakes Commander RIker & Brent Spiner Lt Data together again to celebrate 20 years of ST:TNG. They were the hit of the convention last year, so we HAD to have them back!

2:40 pm MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE TO CAPT. JANEWAY

2:45 pm Kate Mulgrew Captain Janeway/Voyager

3:30 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Jonathan and Brent for those with either or both of their autograph tickets (on the left side of the theatre). We will call by number, please remain seated. AUTOGRAPHS with Kate Mulgrew also for those with her autograph ticket (on the right side of the theatre) which we will call by number. If you have autograph tickets for both sides get your autograph first on the shorter line and then move over (provided your number has been called for both). If you have photo ops with CASEY, JEFFREY, or THE DS9 CARDASSIAN GROUP head on over there and get your photo ops and then come back here for autographs and get in line where you would have been if you remained in the theatre.

4:10 pm DS9 FAMILY TRIBUTE: Avery Brooks Capt. Sisko/ST:DS9 Penny Johnson Jerald Kasidy Yates/ST:DS9 and Cirroc Lofton Jake Sisko/ST:DS9 On-Stage Together!

4:50 pm AUTOGRAPHS with AVERY BROOKS on the left side of the theatre for those with his autograph ticket. AUTOGRAPHS (on the right side of the theatre) with Penny Johnson Jerald, Cirroc Lofton, Marc Alaimo, Andrew Robinson and Robert Duncan McNeill first on a complimentary basis for our GOLD PATRONS who we will call row by row, followed by those with autograph tickets for any of these celebrities, which we will call by number. If you have a photo op with KATE MULGREW you can hit either or both lines first: come up when called, just have your photo op ticket out please. THANKS!

5:10 pm UPGRADES FOR 2008 GOLD SEATING: If you handed your filled out reservation form (see elsewhere in this book for the form) In for next year prior to Friday at 5pm you were given a numbered card if you wanted to try to upgrade. We’ll call those numbers and you can try to get a better seat. Remember: if you want the same GOLD seat for next year, or you want a Gold seat (if you are not a current GOLD patron) make sure to fill out the form in this book & hand it in at registration before 5pm FRIDAY and be on hand at this upgrade session

6:10 PM COSTUME CONTEST
Star Trek fans get to show off their creativity by coming to this event in costume! Enter the parade dressed as your favorite Star Trek character or make up your own and immerse yourself fully into the Star Trek Universe! There is a junior division for those 14 and younger. First prize for adults is a nifty ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR GIFT CERTIFICATE! So: come dressed to enjoy, get audience applause and perhaps go home a big winner too! Contestants be in the theatre at 5:40pm, and visit registration between 2pm and 5pm to sign up to participate in the contest.

 

SATURDAY’S Keiko’s Corner! A Totally Free Trekker Kids Club Located in our VENDORS ROOM
(PARENTS must attend too though)! Join us for fun and activities with a Star Trek theme! Kids aged 3 to 13 are invited! Activities include making your own padd, a coloring contest, a treasure hunt, face painting, and much, much more! Please see below for a complete schedule of events! Parents: Please plan to stay with your children at all times. Thank you!
Keiko’s Corner Events!
10:30 AM: Create your own padd!
11:30 AM: Data’s Kid’s trivia contest! Prizes!

 

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Saturday Night
Creation Entertainment’s
LAS VEGAS Gala Celebration of STAR TREK & Gene Roddenberry’s Legacy STAR TREK: A CONCERT (Part Two)
(GENE RODDENBERRY THEATRE Barron Room, Main Auditorium)

Complimentary for GOLD & CAPTAINS CHAIR FOLKS: PLEASE TAKE SAME SEATS AS YOU HAD TODAY AND ALL WEEKEND, for others tickets are available at registration as noted below)
Our performance this evening features Members of the Las Vegas Philharmonic under the direction of Associate Conductor Richard McGee with a special salute to The 20th Anniversary of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE from Broadway and Star Trek Star NANA VISITOR. Tickets are available at registration for $65 RESERVED SEATING and $30 GENERAL ADMISSION

 

10:00 pm - ? Creation Presents THE SATURDAY EVENING DESSERT PARTY and STAR TREK CENTERPIECE CONTEST
Music, tons of fans, great food treats! Included FREE in all Gold and Captain’s Chair Packages, not available as a separate ticket. SOLD OUT THANKS! Featuring Celebrity Drop-Ins CASEY BIGGS, ANDREW ROBINSON and JEFFREY COMBS and Theatrical Performances by “The Fantastic Ferengis” JEFFREY COMBS, MAX GRODENCHIK and ARMIN SHIMERMAN and featuring the fabulous Creation STAR TREK THEMED CENTERPIECE CONTEST: let your imagination go wild and bring a cool centerpiece to decorate your party table. The very best (as judged by our panel) will win a $500 GIFT CERTIFICATE. Now that’s something worth going for…

 

SATURDAY in The JAMES DOOHAN THEATRE: SECONDARY PROGRAM ROOM
Pavilion 9-11 (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center)

11:30 am NO MINIMUM STAR TREK AUCTION: Those buyers in the know are always here for the amazing bargains

12:40 pm RONALD B. MOORE
Visual Effects Supervisor Star Trek TNG, Voyager, Enterprise & Generations. The Man Behind the Magic!

3:30 pm ROBERT T. JESCHONEK Writing Trek and Beyond
Robert is a Star Trek author whose work has appeared in New Frontier: No Limits, Starfleet Corps of Engineers: The Cleanup, Voyager: Distant Shores, and Strange New Worlds volumes III, V, and VI. His work can be found in magazines, comic books, webzines, and on his own website, www.robertjeschonek.com Robert will talk about breaking in as a writer, the twists and turns of writing Trek fiction, and some exciting new upcoming missions

5:00 pm “PLUGGED” FILM PREVIEW Robert Michael Conrad and James Nestor will join us again to preview some of their short films that highlight several stars from the sci-fi community including a product placement parody titled, “Plugged”. This latest film was written and directed by Tim Russ and stars Dominic Keating, Gary Graham, Nikita Ager, and Holly-Lynn Johnson (the Bond girl, Bibi, from “For Your Eyes Only”, and star of “Ice Castles”) and Ethan Phillips. Bob and Jim’s new internet sci-fi series, “Outworld” will also be previewed at the convention. Panel discussions of the film will include some of the celebrities as their schedules permit.

5:50 pm DAVID A. WILLIAMS Planetary Scientist
David A. Williams, Ph.D., is a member of the faculty in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Inspired to pursue planetary science from Star Trek, he has worked on NASA’s Magellan (Venus) and Galileo (Jupiter) missions, and the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission. Today’s Topic is quite interesting: don’t miss it... “Red Planet: New Insights into Mars from Recent Planetary Missions”
Dr. Williams will discuss how our impression of Mars is changing with results from the latest missions, including evidence for recent water on the surface.

 

SATURDAY PHOTO OPS
PHOTO OPS take place in the right rear section of The Vendors Room and PHOTO OP tickets can be purchased there.

PHOTO OP NOTES: Thank you for participating in Creation’s famous PHOTO OPS by photographer Christopher Schmelke. It is not necessary to show up way early for these, they move very fast. Please be on time though or you might miss your opportunity. Try not to wear white and please remove your lanyard so your pic comes out great! SMILE and Have Fun! Information on retrieving your photos is available on a hand-out at the photo op area. ALL PHOTO OP QUESTIONS should be directed to the PHOTO OP attendants and management, not the general admissions area please.

SATURDAY PHOTO OPS SCHEDULE
10:15 am ANDREW ROBINSON Garak in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine $35
10:30 am JONATHAN FRAKES Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation $55
11:00 am JONATHAN FRAKES & BRENT SPINER First time ever offered, combines two Next Gen faves Riker and Data and YOU: $109
11:35 am BRENT SPINER Data in Next Generation: $45 If you have a luncheon ticket for today please go to the head of the line, have your luncheon ticket out for review by our attendants. Thanks!
1:05 pm RENE AUBERJONOIS Odo in Deep Space Nine $40
1:30 pm NANA VISITOR & RENE AUBERJONOIS To us, Nana and Rene were definitely two of the most talented Trek actors ever and we’re gonna love grabbing our pic with them. A true treasurable memory to have forever: $89
2:00 pm NANA VISITOR Major Kira in Deep Space Nine: $40
3:20 pm MARC ALAIMO Gul Dukat in Deep Space Nine $35
3:30 pm CASEY BIGGS Cardassian Damar on Deep Space Nine $35
3:40 pm THE POWER OF THE CARDASSIANS A trio of MARC ALAIMO, CASEY BIGGS & ANDREW ROBINSON together with YOU! $89
4:50 pm ROBERT DUNCAN McNEILL Tom Paris on Voyager $40
5:40 pm KATE MULGREW Captain Janeway of Star Trek Voyager $60
6:30 pm AVERY BROOKS Captain Sisko in Deep Space Nine $60
7:10 pm DEEP SPACE NINE FAMILY PORTRAIT Avery Brooks, Penny Johnson Jerald and Cirroc Lofton in this once in a lifetime SISKO family opportunity: $129
7:40 pm PENNY JOHNSON JERALD Kasidy Yates on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine $35

 

Sunday, August 12th

8am to 10am: SUNDAY CELEBRITY BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION featuring tentative guests ANTHONY MONTGOMERY, ARMIN SHIMERMAN, MAX GRODENCHIK and NICOLE deBOER. More to be annnounced. (separate ticket required, sold out THANKS. Ballroom D-F (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center). Our auction benefits The James Ellis Scholarship Foundation of Hofstra University which helps students affected by cancer to go to college.

EVENTS IN THE GENE RODDENBERRY THEATRE
(Barron Room Hilton Center)

10 am - 7pm Convention Hours
10 am REGISTRATION and VENDORS ROOM OPENS

10:30 am: AUTOGRAPHS with JEFFREY COMBS and MAX GRODENCHIK Rom/DS9 ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STAGE for anyone who has an autograph ticket for either star (available at our AUTOGRAPH booth to the far right front in the vendors area). AND AUTOGRAPHS with ROBERT O’REILLY on the RIGHT SIDE OF THE STAGE for anyone with Robert’s autograph ticket, also available at the autograph booth in the vendors room. PLEASE Stay in your seats we will call you by number.

11 am THE FAMOUS KLINGON LUNCHEON: One of our most beloved traditions is back! Join Klingons SUZIE PLAKSON, TODD BRYANT (Klaa in STAR TREK V) and ROBERT O’REILLY in a festively savage meal to remember. Separate ticket required, sold out THANKS! In BENIHANA’S RESTAURANT in The Las Vegas Hilton Hotel

11:00 am STARTREK.COM Trivia Challenge
Think you are in the know about all things Trek? Join the experts of the STARTREK.COM team for fun with trivia, and you might even win a prize!

11:30 am MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE

11:35 am Nicholas Meyer It is an honor to welcome this wonderfully talented gentleman who is certainly one of the main reasons behind the amazing success of the Star Trek classic cast film franchise. His credits include: Director/ST II: The Wrath of Khan and ST VI:The Undiscovered Country, Screenplay writer ST II and STVI, co-wrter ST IV: The Voyage Home. Other screenplays include Time After Time, Smoersby and Fatal Attraction. He also directed the television classic The Day After as well as the film Time After Time.

12:25 pm Robert O’Reilly Gowron/DS9 & Next Generation

1:00 pm STAR TREK MUSIC VIDEO SELECTIONS

1:10 pm STAGE RESET FOR AUCTION/INTERMISSION

1:40 PM NO MINIMUM BID AUCTION

2:20 pm MUSIC VIDEO SALUTE TO CAPTAIN KIRK and MR. SPOCK

2:25 pm Leonard Nimoy Mr. Spock/Classic Star Trek, Director Star Trek III/IV

2:55 pm William Shatner Captain Kirk/Classic Star Trek, Director Star Trek V

3:25 pm SHATNER & NIMOY TOGETHER ON STAGE

4:05 pm Autographs with William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy for those holding autograph tickets for either or both celebrities. Stay seated, we will call by number. If you have a Nicole de Boer photo op you can go to the head of the line for the autographs, have your Nicole ticket out and visible please. If you have a Max Grodenchik photo op go do that first and then come back for autographs.

4:25 pm Anthony Montgomery Ensign Travis Mayweather/Enterprise

4:55 pm Nicole deBoer Lt. Ezri Dax/ST:DS9

5:30 pm FERENGI LIFE ON DS9: Jeffrey Combs Brunt/ST:DS9, Wallace Shawn Grand Nagus Zek/ST: DS9, Armin Shimerman Quark/ST:DS9, Max Grodenchik Rom/ST:DS9

6:10 pm CREATION 2007 LAS VEGAS AWARD CEREMONY: HONORING THOSE IN THE CREATIVE ARTS: MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE, PAINTING, ETC.
Every year at The Las Vegas Convention, we honor a worthy attendee that represents Star Trek fandom well and has been inspired by Trek to pursue a particular profession. In past years we’ve recognized teachers, medical persons, engineers, and scientists. In 2007 we’ve selected the “creative arts” and will pick a candidate that has gone into a creative field inspired by their passion for Star Trek and Gene Roddenberry’s ideals and hope for the future. WINNER ANNOUNCED HERE of a $1000 gift certificate

6:20 pm AUTOGRAPHS with Anthony Montgomery, Armin Shimerman and Nicole deBoer (on the RIGHT SIDE of the theatre) first on a complimentary basis for GOLD weekend patrons (we will call row by row) and then, by number, for any patron who has an autograph ticket for one or more of these celebrities. Please remain seated.
ALSO: AUTOGRAPHS with WALLACE SHAWN (on the LEFT SIDE of the theatre) for those that have his autograph ticket (available at the autograph ticket booth in the vendors room front far right). We will call Wallace’s tickets by number, please remain seated until your number is called.

6:40 pm FINAL FAREWELL CLOSE DOWN THE SHOW BARGAIN NO MINIMUM BID AUCTION: Let’s face it, we don’t want to carry much back to our offices so here’s your chance to take advantage of our laziness. We’ll put great STAR TREK & SCI-FI stuff up for bid and let you grab it for practically nothing!

 

SUNDAY’S Keiko’s Corner! A Totally Free Trekker Kids Club Located in our VENDORS ROOM
(PARENTS must attend too though)! Join us for fun and activities with a Star Trek theme! Kids aged 3 to 13 are invited! Activities include making your own padd, a coloring contest, a treasure hunt, face painting, and much, much more! Please see below for a complete schedule of events! Parents: Please plan to stay with your children at all times. Thank you!
Keiko’s Corner Events!
10:30 AM: Design a flag for the Federation!
11:30 AM: Ferengi treasure hunt: Let’s find “latinum” and “jewels”!
Join us from 10-12 each day for a coloring contest, activity pages, changing area, and more!

 

SUNDAY in The JAMES DOOHAN THEATRE: SECONDARY PROGRAM ROOM
Pavilion 9-11 (Ground Floor, opposite Hilton Center)

Noon RONALD HELD Private Researcher
“Sublight Propulsion for Relativistic Interstellar Travel” Lecturer is Ronald Held and in this presentation he will briefly cover several slower than light but relativistic propulsion methods, one of which is the antimatter rocket. Mr. Held holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As a private researcher influenced by Star Trek, one of his interests is in faster than light travel.

3:30 pm DAVID A. WILLIAMS Planetary Scientist
David A. Williams, Ph.D., is a member of the faculty in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Inspired to pursue planetary science from Star Trek, he has worked on NASA’s Magellan (Venus) and Galileo (Jupiter) missions, and the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission. “A History of Robotic Exploration of the Solar System” Dr. Williams will review the types and styles of robotic spacecraft used to explore the Solar System, and look ahead to potential future missions in the next decades.

4:30 pm Phoenix Mission to the Martian Arctic Project Engineers Rigel and Pat Woida
Rigel Woida: OFB Principle Engineer Surface Operation Center Mars Scout Phoenix Mission Dept. of Planetary Sci. & Lunar and Planetary Lab
Patrick Woida: Phoenix Mars Scout Mission Science Operations Center - Phoenix Building Payload Interoperability Testbed
Aug 2507: Outside the Starfleet Utopia Planitia Shipyards stands a little robot. In the 24st century, she’s not doing much. In the 21st century she came to the Red Planet, in search of water, in search of life, and as a scout to find what would be come the landing site for visitors from Earth who would come here to set up the first colony on Mars. Zephran Cocuran named his legendary warp ship after her, and her name was Phoenix. This is her story....
We are providing two liveware compatible interactive holograms modeled on two engineers from this 21st century mission......
Aug 2007: Coming from the August 3rd (we hope) Launch of the Phoenix Mission to the Martian Arctic are Project Engineers Rigel and Pat Woida. The Woida’s are coming to discuss and answer questions about their work in developing, testing, and the up coming surface operations on Mars next summer.

 

SUNDAY PHOTO OPS
PHOTO OPS take place in the right rear section of The Vendors Room and PHOTO OP tickets can be purchased there.

PHOTO OP NOTES: Thank you for participating in Creation’s famous PHOTO OPS by photographer Christopher Schmelke. It is not necessary to show up way early for these, they move very fast. Please be on time though or you might miss your opportunity. Try not to wear white and please remove your lanyard so your pic comes out great! SMILE and Have Fun! Information on retrieving your photos is available on a hand-out at the photo op area. ALL PHOTO OP QUESTIONS should be directed to the PHOTO OP attendants and management, not the general admissions area please.

SUNDAY PHOTO OPS SCHEDULE
11:30 am ROBERT O’REILLY Gowron on Next Generation & Deep Space Nine $35
11:50 am JEFFREY COMBS Weyoun on Deep Space Nine and Thy’lek Shran in Enterprise
NOON LEONARD NIMOY The iconic Mr. Spock $75
12:40 pm WILIAM SHATNER & LEONARD NIMOY These legendary icons and YOU in one photo: $199 (extremely limited!!) FOR TICKET HOLDERS WHOSE LAST NAME STARTS WITH A TO L
1:00 pm WILIAM SHATNER & LEONARD NIMOY These legendary icons and YOU in one photo: $199 (extremely limited!!) FOR TICKET HOLDERS WHOSE LAST NAME STARTS WITH M to Z
1:25 pm WILLIAM SHATNER Our beloved Captain Kirk $75
3:30 pm MAX GRODENCHIK Rom in Deep Space Nine $35
3:45 pm NICOLE de BOER Lieutenant Ezri Dax in Deep Space Nine & starring in Dead Zone $35
4:10 pm “THE ALIENS OF DS9” A trio of favorite characters join forces with you:
ARMIN SHIMERMAN, MAX GRODENCHIK and NICOLE deBOER: $79
4:30 pm ARMIN SHIMERMAN Quark in Deep Space Nine $40
4:55 pm WALLACE SHAWN Ferengi Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine $40
5:50 pm ANTHONY MONTGOMERY Ensign Travis Mayweather on Enterprise $40

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